On the Ted Radio Hour, linguist Anne Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.

I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me but it can't be

singular and I will say but it is.

The history behind words causing a lot of debate that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR. A heads up this episode

contains some cursing. I'm Stephen Thompson. The Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today, so we're bringing you an episode of a new NPR podcast hosted by our pal Rachel Martin.

It's called Wild Card, and it's a new interview show where the game

controls the conversation. Each week the guest chooses questions at random, questions

about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped their lives.

And this episode is an interview with the actor pop culture happy hour listeners voted as

their favorite Chris. Chris Pine played a young Captain Kirk in a few Star Trek movies he was Wonder Woman's boyfriend

and he did a star turn in one of the Jack Ryan films.

He was a charming hero in the Dungeons and Dragons movie, and yes, these are all guys who always saved the day.

But it's clear Chris Pine is drawn to characters who push out of masculine stereotypes.

They've got a vulnerability that makes them more real, and it makes you wonder what Chris Pine

would do if he got to call all the shots, if he got to create his own version of a movie hero?

The answer is Darren Barrenman, or D.B. for short,

he's the main character in Chris Pines' directorial debut, Pool Man,

and he's this intensely earnest guy who made... rectorial debut, Pool Man.

And he's this intensely earnest guy

who makes his living taking care of a pool in LA.

But he's an activist at heart,

passionate about fair zoning laws and about better bus routes. And this movie is so weird and big-hearted and holds so much

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